Positive Deviance

Positive Deviance approach is based on the observation that in any community there are people that practice uncommon but successful strategies that enable them to find better solutions to a problem than their peers, despite facing similar challenges and having no extra resources. The following resources help you to understand how to use such insights to address a range of barriers to promoted behaviours (especially related to health and nutrition). Let us know if you think that an important resource is missing.

This training manual contains the information needed to train community volunteers on using the Positive Deviance (PD)/Hearth approach. The training aims to ensure that the PD/Hearth volunteers are competent and confident to guide and support caregivers to rehabilitate their malnourished children and prevent future malnutrition. Most sessions involve hands-on practice of the skills and...

This publication provides very useful guidance on using the Positive Deviance/Hearth approach to preventing and addressing child undernutrition. The approach is based on identifying positive behaviors practiced by the mothers or caretakers of well-nourished children from poor families and transferring such positive practices to others in the community with malnourished children. The...

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